Mission

TO FURTHER LITERATURE AND THE LITERARY ARTS BY ENHANCING THE GENERALPUBLIC'S ACCESS TO AUTHORS, WRITERS, JOURNALISTS, CRITICS AND OTHERMEDIA PERSONALITIES.1. FOSTER THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE AND THE WRITTENWORD AS AN ART FORM.2. ENRICH THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF THECONTEMPORARY WRITERS AND THINKERS WHO HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ONTHE CULTURAL AND LITERARY LANDSCAPE.3. ENHANCE THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S EXPOSURE AND ACCESS TO LITERARY ANDCULTURAL WORK, THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AS REPRESENTED IN AND BY MODERN WORKSOF FICTION AND NONFICTION.4. EXPAND THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S ACCESS TO AND UNDERSTANDING OFLITERATURE THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS FEATURING WRITERS,THINKERS, PUBLIC FIGURES AND OTHERS IN CONVERSATION ON FICTIONAL ANDNONFICTIONAL WORK.5. CREATE AND FOSTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIALOGUE AND INTERACTION BETWEENTHE GENERAL PUBLIC AND WRITERS, THINKERS, PUBLIC FIGURES OR OTHERSABOUT READING, WRITING, LITERATURE, THE LITERARY PROCESS, THE ROLE ANDRELATI